Temperature-dependent spectral generalized magneto-optical ellipsometry for ferromagnetic compounds

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Rauer, R ^a   Neuber, G ^a   Kunze, J ^a   Backstrom J ^b   Rubhausen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Development Engineer   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSTATS; ELLIPSOMETRY; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMOANALYSIS;

DATA ARRAYS; OPTICAL WINDOWS; SPECTRAL GENERALIZED MAGNETO-OPTICAL ELLIPSOMETRY (SGME); SPIN POLARIZATION;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 13744254250     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1834702     Document Type: Article

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